Alagteeg Formation

{{Short description|Stratigraphic Unit in Mongolia}}

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| name = Alagteeg Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| period = Campanian

| age = Santonian-Campanian
~{{fossil range|85|72}}

| prilithology = Sandstone, mudstone

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| namedfor = Alag Teeg

| namedby = Hasegawa et al.

| region = Ömnögovi Province

| country = Mongolia

| coordinates = {{coord|44.3|N|103.3|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|41.9|N|92.4|E|display=inline}}

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| underlies = Djadochta Formation

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| thickness = ~{{convert|16|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the Bayan Zag locality

| extent = Ulaan Nuur Basin

| area =

| year_ts = 2009

| thickness_ts = ~{{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| map = {{Location map+ | Mongolia

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Mongolia

| lat_deg = 44.3

| lon_deg = 103.3

| mark = Lightgreen pog.svg

| marksize = 10

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The Alagteeg Formation is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600 It predominantly consists of alternating reddish brown mudstone and horizontally laminated sandstone, with ripple cross laminations and rhizoliths. It was first formally defined as a unit by Hasegawa et al. in 2008 as a distinct unit from the overlying Djadochta Formation. The environment of deposition is suggested to be fluvial, originating in sandy braided river, floodplain and ephemeral lake depositional environments, as opposed to the desert depositional environment of the Djadochta Formation.Hasegawa et al., 2009